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COMBINED TRASH AND GARBAGE CAN CONTAINER.

Application filed February 14, 1924.. Serial No. 692,751.

To all whom it may concern;

Be itknown that I, BnAn'Pn-aasorv, a citizen of the United States,residing at Denver, the city and county of Denver, and State ofColorado, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in CombinedTrash and Garbage Can Containers; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thecharacters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This: invention relates to combined trash and garbage can containers. 7

In cities it is necessary, in orden to maintain the streets and yardsclean and the air as pure as possible, to carefully place all trash orwaste, as well as ashes, into containers provided with covers, and whichare emptied from time to time by the proper city employees. It is evenmore essential that all garbage shall be carefully covered so as toprevent rats from feeding thereon and flies from breeding therein, andthereby maintaining sanitary conditions.

Where cans provided with ordinary covers are used for trash and garbage,it frequently happens that the covers get lost or; so badly bent thatit, is impossible to put them on the cans, with the result that thegarbage cans of this type are generally left uncovered.

It is the object of this invention to provide a simple and substantialcontainer that shall have two separate compartments, one for the trashcan and the other for the garbage can. Each compartment has a hingedcover, which fits the top and rests upon the upper edge thereof, andalso on the upper edge of the can. This cover has an opening of somewhatsmaller diameter than that of the can. A second cover is hinged to eachof these covers and serves to close the opening therein. When trash orgarbage is to be placed in the cans the last-named cover only is raised,but when the cans are to be removed, both of the covers must be raised.

My invention can be most clearly described and most readily understoodwhen reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which thepreferred embodiment thereof is shown, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a top view of my improved container with portions thereofbroken away;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the container showing the same with thecovers closed;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33, Fig. '2; and

Fig. 4 is a section taken on line t-fti, Fig. 1.

My improved container comprises a framework having four vertical members1, 2, 3 and 1, the lower ends of which form legs. The four verticalmembers are connected near their top by an iron frame memher 5 and neartheir lower ends by an angle iron frame member 6. Legs?) and 4 areconnected by transversely arranged angles 7 and 8. Bars 9 extend fromthe frame member 6 to the frame member 7 and cooperate with thetransverse bars 10 to form a support for the trash can 11. Secured toframe members 5 and 6 are sheet iron plates 12 which form the sides ofthe container. An angle 13 connects the opposite sides of the sides 12in the manner shown in Fig. 3. Bars 14: connect angles 8 and13 and forma. support for the garbage can 15. A fiat bar 16 extends from one sideto the other directly over the legs 3 and 1. A cover 17 extends from theedge of the bar 16, to which it is connected by means of hinges 17, andcovers the top of the compartment containing the trash can. The edges ofthis cover are bent at right angles to the main portion thereof asindicated by numeral 18. This flange extends do-wn over the sides of thecontainer in a manner obvious from the drawing. Cover 17 has an opening19 which is. somewhat smaller than the diameterof the trash can and thisis covered by a flat cover 20 which is connected by hinges 21. Whentrash is to be placed in can 11, the cover 20 is opened and the trashintroduced through the opening 19, and when the can is to be removed foremptying, cover 17 as well as cover 20, are raised. The compartmentcontaining the garbage can is provided with covers like those justdescribed and differing therefrom in size only.

Where the conditions are such that greater capacity is required or wherethe container is to be used in connection with a double house, thecontainer can be made into two compartments for trash cans and twocompartments for garbage cans. As this is merely a. matter ofduplication, it has not been shown. Where the larger can is used for thereception of ashes, it Will. tend to keep the garbage from freezing.

From the above, it will be apparent that I have produced a containerthat is of simple construction and of neat appearance, which isespecially adapted to receive and hold trash and garbage cans in such amanner that the contents thereof Will not be exposed, and which is soconstructed that the material can be readily introduced into cans andthe cans readily removed from the container.

Having now described my invention, What I claim as new is:

A combined trash and garbage container comprising a casing having anoblong horizontal section, supports upon which the easing rests, meansfor supporting a trash container and garbage can, a member extendingtransversely of the container at a point intermediate its ends, tivocover members hingedly connected to the transverse memher, one extendingfrom each side thereof, each of said covers having an opening adapted toregister Wit-l the opening in the can located therebeneath, andauxiliary covers hingedly connected to the first-mentioned covers andadapted to close the opening in the latter.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

BEAR PEAR-SON.

